The Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting that HTC will unveil a quad-core NVIDIA tablet at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 along with two new smartphones. The report indicates that one of these two will also use a quad-core NVIDIA processor. Both quad-core devices are likely to use the new Tegra 3 processor announced last week. HTC last week promised to […]
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Barcelona named Mobile World Capital
Barcelona, Spain, was today named the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018 by the GSM Association. With the announcement comes confirmation that Barcelona will continue to host the Mobile World Congress, something it has done since 2006. Beyond the Mobile World Congress, the Mobile World Capital also features two additional elements: the Mobile World Centre and the Mobile World […]
MWC and CTIA push out 2012 event dates
Two of the largest mobile phone trade shows will take place later in 2012 than they have traditionally done. The Mobile World Congress will take place in late February rather than mid-February and CTIA Wireless will move from March to May. The moves are seen as a response to the growing number of mobile phone announcements taking place at CES […]
MWC 2011: Sony Ericsson unveils Xperia Play
Along with the Xperia neo and Xperia pro, Sony Ericsson today unveiled the Xperia Play, the first PlayStation certified smartphone to be released. It combines smartphone functions with those of the PlayStation gaming platform. The slide out game pad reveals a digital D-pad, two analogue touch pads, two shoulder buttons and the four PlayStation icons: circle, cross, square and triangle. […]
MWC 2010: HTC Legend and HTC Desire announced with new HTC Sense
Aside from the HTC HD mini, HTC also unveiled two new Android-powered smartphones, the HTC Legend (machined from a single aluminum block) and the HTC Desire. Both come with an enhanced version of HTC Sense promising to “take Android to the next level.” The latest version of HTC Sense adds a new application and widget called HTC Friend Stream that […]
MWC 2010: Microsoft announces Windows Phone 7 Series
As had been widely expected, Microsoft formally announced the latest version of its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series. “Today, I’m proud to introduce Windows Phone 7 Series, the next generation of Windows Phones,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer at Microsoft. “In a crowded market filled with phones that look the same and do the same things, I […]